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Diamond Mines: Glossary & Index

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GENERAL INDEX
natives, 56, ii; the length of time they contract for, 57, ii; government registra­tion of, 60, ii; hospital fund, 60, ii; taken in and out of mines by means of cages, 61, ii; rules relating to, 62, ii; native characteristics, 64, ii; physique of, 65, ii; dress of, 66, ii; diseases of, 67, ii; leprosy occasionally among, 67, ii; food of, 68, ii; as tailors, 68, ii; orna­ments of, 70, 72, ii; religion among, 72, ii; missionaries among, 72, ii; Kafir "doctors,'' 72, ii; fondness for sports, 73, 80, ii; as choral singers, 75, ii; musical instruments of, 76, ii; as gam­blers, 78, ii; tribal fights, 83, ii; strike among, 82-83, ii; no punishment of,
allowed, 83, ii; precautions against theft of diamonds, 83-88, ii.
Yellow ground, diamond-bearing near the surface, opening of, 169-171, i; origin of name, 198, i; extent of, 199, i; fall­ing of, 220, 250, 251, i; in Premier mine, 347-349, i; average yield of, from Kim-berley mine, 259, i.
Zambesi River, expedition up, 48-49, i; ore from, 58 i; trading stations placed on, 58-59, i; extent of ancient workings, 72, i.
Zendj (Zanzibar), referred to by Edrisi, 39, i.
Zimbabwe, ruins of, 53, 71, 72, i.
Zulu, see Amazulu.
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